Got Milk?

This great photograph shows my grandfather, James Pointkouski, with his milk truck. According to the back of the photo, the date is July 18, 1937 and it was taken at “Silver Lake Inn.” My grandfather was a truck driver, but the word he used to describe his occupation in several documents was “chauffeur”. He first [...]

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Donna’s Picks, Week of March 23, 2008

Here are some posts that I really enjoyed this week from genealogy blogs. I was ill most of the week and had little interest in blogging or reading blogs, but I did manage to find several good ones that brought my foggy head out of the clouds. If you missed any of these, be sure [...]

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My Big, Old, Fast Favorite Car

Tracing our family’s “car genealogy” has been more difficult than tracing our family’s history, mostly because there are few photographs of our cars and few documents that were saved. The one stunning truth of this latest Carnival of Genealogy endeavor is that despite my love for photography since I was a youth, and despite my [...]

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Yo, What’s My Accent?

Thomas, at Destination: Austin Family, has asked: “What American accent do you have?” Well, I can tell you that the quiz is accurate…however, I’m not sure if I should be proud or embarrassed by my result. No big surprise there given that I was born and raised in Philadelphia. Okay, we do talk (sorry, that’s [...]

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Donna’s Picks: Week of March 16, 2008

Here are some posts that I really enjoyed this week from both genealogy blogs and “other” blogs that had something either related to genealogy or blogging, or was interesting to me for other reasons. Be sure to visit these sites! Juliana Smith writes for 24-7 Family History Circle about “Surprises in Great-Grandpa’s Naturalization”. She describes [...]

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Carnival of Genealogy, 44th Edition

For Women’s History Month, this edition of the Carnival of Genealogy is A Tribute to Women. There were 31 submissions (with some multiple submissions), all honoring those special women who have touched our lives in some ways. Mothers, aunts, teachers, and courageous and inspiring women of all sorts are represented! Hosted by Jasia at Creative [...]

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Donna’s Picks: Week of March 9, 2008

Here are some posts that I really enjoyed this week from both genealogy blogs and “other” blogs that had something interesting and related to genealogy or at least genea-blogging. If you missed any, be sure to visit these sites! Craig at Geneablogie has a nice how-to article called “Publishing with Help from Ancestry.com” in which [...]

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Hilaire Bergmeister: A Tribute to An Aunt

I have a soft spot in my heart for all of the aunts in my family tree, especially those without children. The reason for this attraction is that I find myself in the ironic position of being a genealogist without any offspring of my own. But, I do “have” children because I am an aunt! [...]

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Interesting Immigration Side Effect

Yesterday I posted A Salute to Gutsy Women Travelers in my family which focused on the women who immigrated to this country alone to meet their husbands or other family members.  I noted how difficult it must have been for the married couples to be separated while the man traveled to the U.S. first to [...]

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Genealogical Regrets

Randy Seaver, passing on a post on the APG mailing list, asked us what our genealogical regrets are so that others can avoid our mistakes. What would I do differently? My responses are similar to Randy’s and others who have posted replies, which should prove to any newcomers to genealogy just how essential certain things [...]

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A Salute to Gutsy Women Travelers

Ever since my first transatlantic trip in 1985, I’ve been stricken with the travel bug. There is no cure. Symptoms include a desire to wander to far-away places, hopeless daydreaming, and a joy brought on by traipsing on planes and trains. I did not think my condition was genetic as no one else in my [...]

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Donna’s Picks, Week of March 2, 2008

Here are some posts that I really enjoyed this week that are related to either genealogy or genealogy-blogging or writing. If you missed these posts, be sure to visit the sites! Jasia at Creative Gene jump started Women’s History Month by asking “What’s Your Matriname?” Read both the article and the comments to learn more [...]

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